Medical Executive Committee

The Medical Executive Committee (MEC) is the primary governance committee
for the independent medical staff. The MEC, with input from the medical
staff, makes key leadership decisions related to medical staff policies,
procedures, and rules, with an emphasis on quality control and quality
improvement initiatives. They are also responsible for adopting and implementing
medical staff policies and procedures, and creating medical staff appointment
and reappointment criteria.

2018 Medical Executive Committee:

Don Nishiguchi, M.D., Chief of Staff

Cecelia Hann, M.D., Secretary

Mark Sender, M.D., Treasurer

Tracy Lawrence, M.D., Chair, Primary Care

Nilesh Hingarh, M.D., Chair, Medicine

Louie-Marc Contreras, M.D., Chair, Surgery

Lawrence Leiter, M.D., Member at Large

Charanjit Saroa, M.D., Member at Large

Reuel Asinas, M.D., Chair, Admin Services

Anant Desai, M.D., Chair, CME, Library Committee

The MEC represents and acts for on behalf of the Medical Staff, enforces
medical staff rules and policies and is responsible for ensuring that
the medical staff functions as efficiently and effectively as possible.
This group also manages the process for proposing and evaluating the medical
staff bylaws and rules and regulations—the legal documents that
define the purpose, structure, and authority of the medical staff.

Medical Staff Committees:

The MEC has 21 medical department committees that provide administrative
and medical leadership on a wide array of complex issues. These committees
bring together physicians on the medical staff to review and collaborate
on medical treatment decisions and recommendations on some of the most
challenging and complex medical cases - from diagnosis and lab results,
to pathology studies, radiological and surgical procedures.